LITR 4332 American Minority Literature 2008 Syllabus

Class participation standards

Class participation:

Final course grades may be affected by student participation.

Students' participation is judged less on quantity than on quality and appropriateness to the topic under discussion and attentiveness to the point being pursued.

Inappropriate classroom speech

• offensive or distasteful remarks; jeering or other destructive expressions

• persistent chatting while class is in progress

• interruptions of lecture or discussion with irrelevant or untimely comments or questions

• long-winded "life stories" or familiar observations of limited relevance or interest